Samsung SGH-Z500 I have a Samsung SGH-Z500 that will not work when a sim card is put in it.
All the buttons etc work okay when no sim card is ih the phone, but as soon as I put the sim card in the phone will power up okay but then everything freezes after the initial power up has finished.
Does anyone have any ideas ?

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1. Turn off your phone, put in a SIM of a different provider.2. At
the wrong card message, type *#9998*3323#. A message will pop up telling
you to press exit, so hit the right soft key. Choose number 7 (or 8 or 9
will work too,) Your phone will reboot and your SIM will work.3. Type *0141# and then hit call. This will give you a message saying your phone is personalized.4. Power down your phone and insert your SIM. Then power back up your phone.5. At the SIM pass code prompt type 00000000, that is 8 zeroes. So that will totally UNLOCK your phone." Do not try this more than twice.Another alternative is, you can take the
phone to any authorize phone service center to help unlock the phone,
this is not what you can do yourself, because to unlock your phone, you will need some kind of software, USB
cable
etc to unlock the phone, so you can also go a nearby phone service
center to unlock the phone,
but calling your network service provider is the best because they have
the records of your phone and can easily help to unlock it. This are the
two reliable means you can unlock your phone.

1. Turn off your phone, put in a SIM of a provider that it is not locked to, and turn it back on.2. At the wrong card message, type *#9998*3323#. A message will pop up telling you to press exit, so hit the right softkey. Choose number 7 (or 8 or 9 work, I think). Your phone will reboot and your SIM will work.3. Type *0141# and then hit call. This will give you a message saying your phone is personalized.4. Power down your phone and insert a SIM card other than the one that is in it. Power back up your phone.5. At the SIM code prompt type 00000000, that is 8 zeroes

1. Turn off your phone, put in a SIM of a provider that it is not locked to, and turn it back on.2. At the wrong card message, type *#9998*3323#. A message will pop up telling you to press exit, so hit the right softkey. Choose number 7 (or 8 or 9 work, I think). Your phone will reboot and your SIM will work.3. Type *0141# and then hit call. This will give you a message saying your phone is personalized.4. Power down your phone and insert a SIM card other than the one that is in it. Power back up your phone.5. At the SIM code prompt type 00000000, that is 8 zeroes